St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-28

And he lay there talking and thinking about
the whole business, and finally he resolved.
Oh Lord God, if you will let me live until sun
down to-day will put in one religious day
before 1 die. And when he got out of his
bed he fell down on his knees and
prayed God to help him lead better
life. He got up from HE knees and dressed
himself and just before the breakfast bell
rang he said. "wife, get the Bible and call the
children in; l am going 10 read chapter and
have family prayers. L have been father
Tor years and q member or the church, but
have never had prayers and never tried to
live religious. But, wife, am going to live
religious to -day-put in one day right, If it is
the last day of my life" She got the Bible,
she called in the children, and he read chap
ter and got down and prayed with his little
ones and then got up from prayer and they
walked into breakfast, and the little children
commenced turning up their plates. He
said: Hold, children, turn your plates back
again; your father is going to be Christian
and ask the blessing of God upon the morn-
ing s meal.'' Down went the plates, although
the little fellows didn't understand it and the
father looked up and asked the blessing upon
his
HOME AND FOOD
they were to receive. Then he turned his
plate up and helped his wife and all his
children. And can you tell Christian at his
table? A Christian will set down at the head
OF his table and help each one of his children
and wife, and If it is fried chicken that MORN
ing for breakfast when he passes the plates
all around and helps every plate there wont
be anything but the neck and back on tine
dish when he gets through Great laughter. |
But a man that will give his little boy the
neck and eats himself the second joint or
breast, that mans hog and can't be Chris
tian. Great laughter. You can tell whether
a man is a Christian or not by how he helped
his table at home. It's fact. Now, this
deacon, he sat there and helped his children
all around and talked pleasantly to his fam
lily, and when he got through eating he walked
around and kissed his wife and then the
little ones a good morning. Then he
walked down to his store, shook hands with
his clerks, and had a kind word for each one
of them. When dinner time came he went
home to dinner and asked the blessing of God
upon his table, and when through eating
said: ''Wife, there's half boiled chicken, and
II you will make me up some nice coffee and
toast and give me some cream and sugar and
some jelly on waiter.I will take it to Brother
Stevens: he has been paraiyZed two years,
good old man, I am sorry l have treated him
so; haven't been into his house. Wife, fix
up that waiter and I'll carry 1t down TO old
Brother StevepS.'' He carried it down there,
walked in, took towel aud then wiped his
face, and held the waiter while the old man
partook of the food as best he could. And
then he turned to him and said: "Brother
Stevens, l have been
L.,
but this is the first day 1 have tried to live
/ right in my life, and I'm going to do better
Now tell me where your Bible is and I'll get
it down and read a chapter" He got down
the Bible and read chapter and knelt down
and prayed the blessings Of God upon his
brother in af1iction. Went down to his store
and was kind to his clerks all that day; came
back home that night and was kind to the
family, had family prayer again, and then
after family prayer they all retired. His two
Oldest boys, Is and Is years of age, slept in
an adjoining room, and then when everything
was quiet, he and his wife in one room and
the boys in the next, all at once he heard one
of the boys punch up the other boy and say,
sTom,'' and Tom said, 'What?" Says Tom
1.-THE old man is going to die" Laughter.
'Wen," said Jim, show do you know?'
'Why. he's got pfous all at once, and he's
gong to die before tomorrow night in my
Judgment And am sure there are plenty
of you VINO listen to me now. if you
had lived right one day your children would
go to bed hunching one another and saying
the same thing. Great laughter and ap-
plause. It's true. Brother, amt you
ashamed of yourselves-aint you ashamed
God be meriful towards us, and help US to be
better people. Let Us live right before our
families; let us live right between God and
ourselves in all things that will make US
Christians in deeds and in truth
all right with God, all right
Lord Jesus, give US religion and adjust US
wisely IN all relationships. Now, before we
dismiss, how many will stand UP here before
God and man, and say God helping me,
want to be Christian? Brother, we have not
much time. will you start a better life this
afternoon? Every one present now that says,
God help me want to live better, and in
tend By his grace and goodness to start out
this afternoon to live a Christian father. q
Christian mother, Christian daughter, a
Christian son. Now all of you who say this
is the conviction of my heart-will you stand
up? Let US see Thank God. Now stand a
moment. Now any of you who say want
the prayers of Gods people that may be a
better man and woman, will you stand up?
Now all of you who feel the need Of prayer
That's right. Any more2 Don't be afraid or
ashamed to get up. If you want the prayers
of Gods people stand up. And let US come
back here tonight in prayer and determine
to be made better men and better women.